We are very pleased to announce that Edna McMillan, Treasurer on the World Council Executive Committee, has accepted the role of Program Chairperson for our 18th Biennial Conference in Vancouver, August 2009. Besides her highly-productive career in gifted education, Edna’s having coordinated the Tenth World Congress on Gifted and Talented Education, held in Toronto in 1993, has provided her with a wealth of experience for the all-important task that she is undertaking. We extend our gratitude to Edna for assuming this position upon the untimely passing of her predecessor, Michael Pyryt.